Baumann v. Hamburg-American Packet Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Van Syckel, J.

This action was brought to recover damages for personal injury sustained by the plaintiff while a passenger on board the defendant’s steamer “Augusta Victoria.’’

The injury was caused by the plaintiff being thrown down a stairway, which the plaintiff alleged was in an unsafe and insecure condition.

The plaintiff, on the trial below, testified that she started to go upstairs and the lights went out; that the stairs shook considerably, and when she got up about eight steps the ship gave a jerk and she fell; that she had hold Of one of the…